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   Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jul-2024 00:53:18 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

   • Mer-fOKxTOwl

   @glowl I do both estrogen and testosterone gel, but how do you propose to test levels? I've found finger stick tests to be very unreliable when using gels.

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     Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jul-2024 10:42:58 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

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     • Mer-fOKxTOwl

     @glowl I've had contamination issues where the levels come back obviously wrong even with the blood draws the doctors do sometimes. I mostly put the gel on my thighs now which seems to help somewhat.

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     Mer-fOKxTOwl (glowl@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jul-2024 10:42:59 JST Mer-fOKxTOwl

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     @ryanc with the regular blood tests from the endocrinologist or whatever doc does them for you (most people get one every (half) year)
     doing it the month before should be enough to stabilize levels to whatever (small) influence it has.

     i would guess the difference is just in the 10pg/ml range for estrogen gels. not much but still interesting to take a closer look at (since i could not find any studies on it)